Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 12:07:46 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@gdi.uoregon.edu> To: Eli <Eli@Tellan.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: kernel questions Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970813120554.1131S-100000@localhost> In-Reply-To: <v01530500b0163d8e1b0b@[206.65.234.8]>
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On Tue, 12 Aug 1997, Eli wrote: > I am new to the unix world and I decided to give FreeBSD a try. Well, I > downloaded the boot image, and successfully booted from a floppy. I then > went through the installation menu, and I thought I installed correctly > from CD-ROM. (NOTE: The FreeBSD CD I have is not from Walnut Creek CD, but > from another distributer: Trans-Ameritech.) Now, when I boot without the > floppy, the boot manager kicks in and lets me select my Win95 or BSD. I > select BSD. Then the boot screen comes up (the one where it waits 5 seconds > and has the Boot prompt) and I let it wait 5 seconds. Then it comes back > saying "Cannot find /kernel". I know that BSD can't find the kernel in the > /kernel directory, but I don't know why? Did I do something wrong? Please > get back to me soon, as I am eager to get started. Thanks. Either something went wrong with your installation, or you have a unusual disk setup. You'll need to give the disk explicitly. Try doing something like wd(0,a)/kernel where 0 is the disk number (0 & 1 on the first controller, 2 & 3 on the second controller). If this is a scsi device then write 'sd' instead of 'wd'. You didn't tell me your disk setup so this is all I can do for now. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major Spam routed to /dev/null by Procmail | Death to Cyberpromo
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